With only two months to get his new CBS affiliate in Palm Springs, Calif., up and running, Bill Evans exudes confidence: He expects to take first place in the November book.“Quite honestly, because of our knowledge of the marketplace I…
Sonicblue wants to settle with Hollywood. Ken Potashner, the head of the company that makes the ReplayTV personal video recorder, told Electronic Media that his company has been negotiating privately with the Hollywood entertainment companies that oppose its PVR technology…
What it is: Enterprise 2002 from Xytech in Burbank, Calif.What it does: Enterprise 2002 is a work-flow management and media-asset-management system. It is an enterprise-level software system to support back office applications of any production or postproduction environment. It is…
Reese Schonfeld has been in the broadcast and cable news business for more than 30 years. He helped found the Cable News Network in 1979 and served as its first president and chief executive. He also developed and served as…
Title: Steve Necessary, president, Xstreme Division of Concurrent Computer Corp. Xstreme is the video-on-demand business of Concurrent.Background: Mr. Necessary joined Concurrent July 1 after serving as president, CEO and director of Power TV, a software subsidiary of Scientific-Atlanta, since January…
The broadcast networks got a dose of reality earlier this month when the Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau reported a milestone: For the first time, household ratings for ad-supported cable had topped 50 percent in prime time for an entire month.Cable networks…
Cable Connect, the 60 million-subscriber-strong local cable unwired network, has a controversial new business plan: compete for national cable TV dollars.Heretofore, Philadelphia-based TelAmerica Media’s Cable Connect has primarily gone after what TelAmerica Chairman and CEO Lance Funston called “remnant time”…
On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks NBC plans to start the day on a somber note and end on a musical high note. The network will announce this week that it will broadcast “A Concert for…
See publication for the following listings:Demographic ratings: Broadcast Prime Time, SyndicationNight-by-night Nielsen Prime-time ratings for the week of July 8-14Ratings for the week of July 8-14
A number of rookies created ratings fireworks during the Independence Day week despite ratings pre-emptions created by the coverage of Wimbledon and the Los Angeles airport shooting. Such series as “Texas Justice,” “Elimidate” and “The 5th Wheel” merited their own…